Sunday, April 12, 2009

Thursday, April 09, 2009

coming to you soon from the great Obama Admin and gobal warming folks... ban on big screen TVs

State considers ban on big screen TVs

March 23rd, 2009, 3:00 am · 107 Comments · posted by BRIAN JOSEPH, Sacramento Correspondent

In their continuing quest to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, state regulators have uncovered a new villain in the war on global warming : your big screen TV

Couch potatoes, beware.

The California Energy Commission is considering a proposal that would ban California retailers from selling all but the most energy-efficient televisions. Critics say the news standards could take 25 percent of televisions off the market — most of them40 inches or larger.

“The larger the television, the more at risk it is of being banned unnecessarily in California,” said Douglas Johnson, senior director of technology police for theConsumer Electronics Association.

Association officials say the standards are not only unnecessary –  because the federal government already regulates energy efficiency through the voluntary Energy Star program — but also ill-timed. The last thing our economy needs now is products taken off the market, they say.

Furthermore, they say that with a weak economy, consumers are going out less and watching TV more.

“This is really about regulating entertainment, not energy use,” Johnson said.

Poppycock, says the commission.

Affordable big screen TVs will still be available under the new standards, spokesman Adam Gottlieb said. In fact, he said the regulations will save you money.

The commission calculates that if you buy televisions meeting the proposed standards it’ll cut your annual energy use by — drum roll, please — $18 to $30 per television per year.

“I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like to save money,” Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb said the commission is exploring the regulations to reduce the strain on the energy grid and to avoid building new power plants.

Televisions are the fastest growing consumer appliance in California. Californians are buying bigger TVs, and more of them. If something doesn’t happen, televisions are going to devour a bigger and bigger piece of the state’s power grid, which means we’ll need more power plants. More power plants mean more greenhouse gas emissions.

“Consumers aren’t aware of the hidden cost of powering these things,” Gottlieb said.

Gottlieb insisted that the regulations wouldn’t eliminate big screens from California stores. But the commission’s own draft report says TV energy use is “proportional to the screen size.” And there’s no doubt the regulations will limit energy use.

So if you’re in the market for big screen TV, now might be the time to buy. The regulations are expected to be approved this summer.

From Trisha

$20.00 

Sometimes we just need to be 
reminded!



A well-known speaker 
started off his seminar by:

holding up a $20.00 
bill. In the room of 200, he asked, 
'Who would like this 
$20 bill?' 

Hands started going up. 


He said, 'I am going to give this 
$20 to one of you 

but first, let me 
do this. 
He 
proceeded to crumple up the $20 dollar bill. 


He then asked, 'Who 
still wants it?' 

Still the hands 
were up in the air. 

Well, he 
replied, 'What if I do this?' 

And he 
dropped it on the ground 

and started 
to grind it into the floor with his shoe. 

He picked it up, now crumpled and dirty. 


'Now, who still wants it?' 


Still the hands went into the air. 


My friends, we have all learned a 
very valuable lesson. 

No matter what 
I did to the money, you still wanted it 

because it did not decrease in value. 


It was still worth $20. 


Many times in our lives, 


we are dropped, crumpled, and ground 
into the dirt 

by the decisions we 
make and 

the circumstances that come 
our way. 

We feel as though we are 
worthless. 

But no matter what has 
happened or 
what will happen, you 
will never lose your value. 

Dirty or 
clean, crumpled or finely creased, 

you are still 
priceless to those who DO LOVE you. 

The worth of our 
lives comes not in what we do or who we know, 


but by WHO WE ARE and 
WHOSE WE ARE. 


You are special 
- 
Don't EVER forget it.' 

If you do not pass 
this on, you may never know the 

lives it touches, the 
hurting hearts it speaks to, 

or the hope that it 
can bring. 

Count your blessings, 
not your problems. 


'And remember: 
amateurs built the ark .. 

professionals 
built the Titanic. 

If God brings you to 
it - He will bring you through it. 

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Heather won, Heather won.... Egg Decorating contest at work... congrats...


be sure and stop by www.reddirtdiaries.com and see the injured Andrew and read up on last nights game.....  what a tough young man he is...!!  I remember one hitting me like that back in the yesteryear....  I decided I would stay after school and go out for baseball with my friends without asking my mom and dad who were home milking cows and waiting on the school bus to arrive so I could finish my chores... ha ha... imagine their surprise when a car they did not know pulled down to the milk barn with me as a passenger... and a man they had never seen helping me out with about a 2" golf ball on my forehead....  I still am not sure the punishment for "missing" my chores, licks from my dad, was much worse than the golf ball on my head... but at the time, my head hurt worse! Needless to say, I never did the ball thing again...  so Andrew, you are a much better man than I for keeping after it! 


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Just love seeing them wave....

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In honor of Isabella today, here is Austyn performing his song "Isabella"





I know we posted this once... sometimes it's nice to revisit old news.. haha... since I am a has been... hehe...

did hear from Andrew last couple of times he was over he would like to start taking guitar lessons too......... passing on the hint, hint hint... haha

the wheat berries don't look to damaged after our hard hard freeze... 9 hours below freezing dropped to 22

we did lose tomato and pepper plants but rest might be ok

Rasing Flags this am in honor of Isabella, and all the nice folks who made it possible!!

thank you Paul, Heather, Andrew and Madison for the awesome gift.... the OK flag!

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and to Craig, Missy and Reese for the AWESOME Moffat Park sign. OK Flag actually flew over our State Capitol. I am so very proud of it! thanks... thanks thanks

No matter how you look at them.. they bring tears to your eyes... when one thinks of the history of each...

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dumb ....... or dumb.... or just dumb?

Farrah Fawcett's son charged with drug possession

Tue Apr 7, 2009 5:13pm EDT
 
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Redmond O'Neal, the 24-year-old son of actors Ryan O'Neal and Farrah Fawcett, was charged on Tuesday with felony drug possession, after he was found with heroin while trying to visit a jail.

Redmond O'Neal's arrest Sunday came as Fawcett, who suffers from cancer, was treated at a Los Angeles hospital for bleeding after a medical procedure in Germany.

Authorities say Redmond O'Neal was taking a friend to visit an inmate at a Los Angeles County jail when he was stopped and found to have heroin in his car. Redmond O'Neal was in jail on Tuesday, and his arraignment was postponed to April 24.

His detention is the latest in a string of drug-related arrests, and it comes as he was free on bail in another case in which he was charged with possession of methamphetamine.

That case resulted from a September 2008 search of the O'Neals' home in Malibu. The search also turned up methamphetamine in Ryan O'Neal's bedroom, and in January the star of 1970 film "Love Story" pleaded guilty to possessing the drug and was ordered to complete a rehabilitation program.

Do you think... she loves pink?

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Isabella Ann held by Madison Ann

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISABELLA ANN MOFFAT...

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY - FROM GRANDMA AND GRANDPA MOFFAT
















she is walking, has teeth, and lots of red fuzz... talking is next... and that look... oh my Dad and Mom, just wait....


Grandma Moffat holding her one year old granddaughter Isabella Ann Moffat.

We predict no matter what anyone else thinks or says and in spite of her Dad... she's a keeper!!


Happy First Birthday Isabella Ann Moffat
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009

A friend of mine sent me this photo from the BOK center in Ttown... the "BOSS" in action from tonight

Bruce Springteen, BOK, Tulsa... thanks RNR

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Took a brake from working on taxes and phone rang..

It was our good friend Sharon Robinson... Sharon has a photo of Dad she found and is going to send it along... cool...

and with a bit of new too...

Lawrence is now plant manager of the Stillwater plant!!!  How cool is that. He justly deserved this honor with all the years of hard work for them! He has the leadership and skills needed to get through these hard time... He will do GREAT!!!

and Mrs. Wrencher will host a show for Morgan on 23 of May and the wedding here will be Oct. 24th after a wedding in Japan that she and Lawrence will attend.

wow... world is moving on....

later..   s